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Webster 1913 Edition

Laver

Lav′er

(lā′vẽr)
,
Noun.
[OE.
lavour
, F.
lavoir
, L.
lavatorium
a washing place. See
Lavatory
.]
1.
A vessel for washing; a large basin.
2.
(Script. Hist.)
(a)
A large brazen vessel placed in the court of the Jewish tabernacle where the officiating priests washed their hands and feet.
(b)
One of several vessels in Solomon’s Temple in which the offerings for burnt sacrifices were washed.
3.
That which washes or cleanses.
J. H. Newman.

Lav′er

,
Noun.
[From
Lave
to wash.]
One who laves; a washer.
[Obs.]

La′ver

(lā′vẽr)
,
Noun.
The fronds of certain marine algæ used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green
laver
is the
Ulva latissima
; purple
laver
,
Porphyra laciniata
and
Porphyra vulgaris
. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; – called also
sloke
, or
sloakan
.
Mountain laver
(Bot.)
,
a reddish gelatinous alga of the genus
Palmella
, found on the sides of mountains

Webster 1828 Edition

Laver

LA'VER

,
Noun.
A vessel for washing; a large basin; in scripture history, a basin placed in the court of the Jewish tabernacle, where the officiating priests washed their hands and feet and the entrails of victims.

Definition 2024

laver

laver

English

Pronunciation

Noun

laver ‎(countable and uncountable, plural lavers)

  1. A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis, eaten as a vegetable.
  2. Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:
    1. Porphyra laciniata
    2. Porphyra vulgaris
Derived terms
See also
Translations

Etymology 2

From Old French laveoir, from Latin lavatorium. Compare lavatory.

Pronunciation

Noun

laver ‎(plural lavers)

  1. One who laves: a washer.
  2. Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery.
  3. That which laves, particularly a washbasin.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.xii:
      Infinit streames continually did well / Out of this fountaine, sweet and faire to see, / The which into an ample lauer fell […]
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Danish

Noun

laver c, n

  1. plural indefinite of lav

Verb

laver

  1. present tense of lave

French

Etymology

From Latin lavāre, present active infinitive of lavō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.ve/

Verb

laver

  1. to wash

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • entrelaver

Related terms

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Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.wer/, [ˈɫa.wɛr]

Noun

laver f ‎(genitive laveris); third declension

  1. a water-plant, possibly water parsnip (Sium latifolium)[1]

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative laver laverēs
genitive laveris laverum
dative laverī laveribus
accusative laverem laverēs
ablative lavere laveribus
vocative laver laverēs

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059:entry%3Dlaver

Verb

laver

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of lavō

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French laver, from Latin lavō, lavāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

laver ‎(gerund lav'thie)

  1. (Jersey) to wash

Derived terms

Old French

Etymology

Latin lavāre, present active infinitive of lavō.

Verb

laver

  1. (transitive) to wash
  2. (reflexive, se laver) to get washed

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem lev distinct from the unstressed stem lav. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of laver (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive laver avoir lavé
gerund en lavant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle lavant
past participle lavé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present lef leves leve lavons lavez levent
imperfect lavoie, laveie, lavoe, laveve lavoies, laveies, lavoes, laveves lavoit, laveit, lavot, laveve laviiens, laviens laviiez, laviez lavoient, laveient, lavoent, lavevent
preterite lavai lavas lava lavames lavastes laverent
future laverai laveras lavera laverons laveroiz, lavereiz, laverez laveront
conditional laveroie, lavereie laveroies, lavereies laveroit, lavereit laveriiens, laveriens laveriiez, laveriez laveroient, lavereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present lef les let lavons lavez levent
imperfect lavasse lavasses lavast lavissons, lavissiens lavissoiz, lavissez, lavissiez lavassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— leve — lavons lavez —

Descendants

See also

Etymology

From Latin laver.

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